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iire bred in several parts of Eui ope, where they make the food and 

 the riches of the poor. The female produces but one at a time, in the 

 same manner as the cow; but they are very different in the times 

 of gestation; for the cow, as we know, goes but nine months; 

 whereas the Buffalo continues pregnant for twelve. In general, 

 they are inoffensive animals, if undisturbed ; as, indeed, a 1 those 

 which feed upon grass are found to be; but when they are 

 wounded, or when even but fired at, nothing then can stop their 

 fury ; they then turn up the ground with their fore feet, bellow 

 muqh louder and more terribly than the bull, and make at the 

 object of their resentment with ungovernable rage. It is happy, 

 in such circumstances, if the person they pursue has a wall to 

 escape over, or some such obstacle, otherwise they soon overtake, 

 and instantly destroy him. It is remarkable, however, that although 

 their horns are so very formidable, they in general make more use 

 of their feet in combat, and rather tread their enemies to death 

 than gore them. 



The Cape Bufpalo is a native of Southern Africa. It is 

 oxceedingly ferocious and cunning, often lurking among the trees 



The Cape BuiSiIo. 



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